Lenovo employee carjacked at gunpoint on RTP campus
PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO
THOSE BUSINESSES.
>> NOVO EMPLOYEE WAS ROBBED
AT GUNPOINT IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE DAY AT RTP WAKE COUNTY
DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING
AFTER SOMEONE STOLE THE CAR
FROM THE EMPLOYEE AT ONE OF
THE PARKING DECKS ON THAT
CAMPUS. THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE
IS STILL ON THE LOOSE AT THIS
HOUR, WRAL. SEAN GALLAGHER
JOINING US NOW LIVE WITH WHAT
HAPPENED HERE. AND WHEN THIS
HAPPENED.
>> YEAH, WE KNOW THIS ALL
HAPPENED ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. BUT TAKE A
LOOK HERE WITH ME. THIS IS
REALLY THE ONLY ROAD IN OR OUT
FOR THE LENOVO EMPLOYEES WHO
COME TO BUILDING 8 AND THE WAKE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS A
MAN YESTERDAY WENT IN HERE TO A
PARKING GARAGE WITH A GUN
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
>> HEARD IT 1001 DEVELOPMENT
DROP. IT WAS AROUND 3 O'CLOCK
WHEN WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE
LENOVO CAMPUS AT RTP PICK UP A
CAR JACKINGS, ACCORDING TO THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A MAN WITH A
GUN DEMANDED CAR KEYS FROM THE
LENOVO EMPLOYEE INSIDE THIS
PARKING GARAGE, TAKING OFF IN
HIS TOYOTA LANDCRUISER CUT BACK
TO THE BLACK MALE BODY PULLED
DOWN OVER HIS
TO PAY.
>> HES STILL TRYING TO GET THE
PRESCRIPTION ON DIRECTION OF
TRAVEL. DEPUTIES FOUND THE CAR
ABANDONED ABOUT A MILE AND A
HALF AWAY NEAR EXPERIMENT
DRIVING HOPSON ROAD. THE
SUSPECT STILL ON THE RUN.
>> NOW, ONE CONFIRMED THE
INCIDENT TO ME TELLING ME THE
EMPLOYEE INVOLVED WAS NOT
INJURED. IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
WITH THIS, YOU'RE ASKED TO CALL
THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S